Antonyms for sec

Grammar : Noun

Definition of sec

Origin : 1956, conversational shortening of second (n.).

As in instant : noun moment
As in minute : noun brief time period
As in moment : noun brief time period
As in second : noun shortest interval of time

Example sentences :

Nor are we disposed to recede from our assertion made in Sec.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

"I'll have no sec worriment in my house," shouted the old man in a broken voice.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

"It caps all—you niver heard sec feckless wark," she was saying.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Her house is in the Rue de l'Arbre Sec, two doors from the convent.
Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman

Relief was asked for on the basis of the Revised Statutes, Sec.
Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various

He didn't sec his mother's letter, but he knew that it went.
Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James

Which was some happy josh for an amateur private sec to get from the boss!
Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford

I'd been openin' the mornin' mail, speedy and casual as a first-class private sec.
Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford

In the modern version of this "revelation" to be found in Sec.
Extract from : « The Story of the Mormons » by William Alexander Linn

The circle is protected but only one vernier reading to 30 sec.
Extract from : « Astronomical Instruments and Accessories » by Wm. Gaertner & Co.

Synonyms for sec

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